Ephesians 5:23

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body.

Ephesians 5:23 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ephesians 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

20giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

21subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

22Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body.

24But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything.

25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

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